Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Spirit Fans,
We had a good night at Tidewater Academy. Both JV and Varsity Boys lost their games, but we played tough and did not make it easy for the Warriors.

The JV got off to a good start but faded as the game went on. Cory Rutledge led the way with 12 points and Hunter Sjogren added 6.

The Varsity team worked hard but had alot of turnovers. Mark Smith hit 5 three pointers to lead the way with 15 points. Seth Seay had 13 points and Luke Condrey had 7 rebounds.

Dave

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Spirit Fans,
Monday night we played the James River Eagles. It was a great night for our Spirit teams. The Middle School Boys won 47 to 10. Coach Scott did a great job of preparing the team for their first game. Luke Wagner had 14 points to lead the way.

The JV Boys won 46 to 33. It was a tough game and the Eagles came ready to play. Coach John had the team ready for the challenge and they did the job. Justin Seay did a great job with 14 points and 8 rebounds. Hunter Sjogren had 11 points.

This was the1st home game for the Varsity team this year. The boys played great to get a 70 to 38 win. Seth Seay had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Jake Wagner and Tommy Hoopsick each had 14pts.

Dave Hoopsick

Monday, November 9, 2009

Spirit Fans,
The NCHE tournament at Greensboro College in North Carolina was great. The Varsity team started off a little rusty, but soon got it together and beat Durham 60 to 57. Cory led the team with 16 points, Seth and Luke had double digit points and the team had a total of 15 steals. It was great to start the season with a win.

Less than an hour later the boys played game 2 against Forsyth, who ended up winning the tournament. It was tough and our players were still wore out from their first game. Jake led the way with 16 points and Seth had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Luke had10 points but we ended up losing 76 to 55. On Saturday we played Surry Running Patriots. The boys played a good game and won68 to 63. Seth had 25 points and 11 rebounds Jake and Tommy had double digit points. It was a good weekend to start off the season and the team had a great time.

Dave Hoopsick

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Boys Basketball camp

Tommy Hoopsick checking in, Richmond Spirit boys basketball camp is about to get under way at Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Varina, Virginia. The last two years were full of improvement, fun, and hard work.
Major Coles is the camp director and lead trainer, Major pushes the players to the limit and then some, creating a great workout atmosphere. Thomas Gallaher was camper of the week last year and the coaches are excited to see who will win the award this year. Camp Is July 27, 28, 29, and Starts at 9:00 A.M. and ends around 3:00 P.M. lunch will be served (most likely pizza) bring some water, basketball shoes and a towel. Come ready to work and have fun, see you guys tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Richmond Spirit wins at HSPN tournament

For the past 3 years we have been able to participate in the HSPN East Coast Championship Basketball tournment at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. Liberty graciously allows HSPN to use their basketball courts and other facilities during Spring Break. What a great opportunity we have to play other homeschool teams from across the country. Teams come from TX, AL, FL,SC, NC, NY, MD, VA, GA, TN. Here are how our teams placed in the tournament. Our Girls varsity team, lead by Gary Thomson and Shane Brinson, finished 2nd in their group.
The Boys Middle School team, lead by Bill Seay and Mark Wagner, took home the 2nd place award.
Our JV Boys team took 3rd place in the top poll out of 12 teams. The team is lead by coach John Rutledge and assts. are Mark Wagner, Steve Condrey and our scorekeeper and AD Dave Hoopsick.


Sunday, March 29, 2009

What's new at Richmond Spirit Athletics







It's time to start blogging about our teams.
This spring we have baseball and girls fastpitch softball, both new sports for our group.
We are also offering a girls volleyball team this year and will have the first meeting soon.

We can't do it without the great parents willing to coach and give their time to do paperwork and scheduling. Richmond Spirit Athletics is coming together to give homeschoolers in the Richmond area as many opportunities in sports as possible.